January

Whew, anyone else struggling to get motivated this month, and realizing the month is close to being over?!?! How do people ever set and complete resolutions they begin in January...I feel like the whole month has consisted of me trying to catch up. Bills, calendars, plans, two steps forward one step back. I have had several thoughts I've wanted to blog but haven't sat down to write them. But at least I got this one out, and off my chest. Whew!

A new year

Is it just me or do the holidays always seem to fly by?! I always love all that comes with Christmas - shopping, decorating, traveling, etc. but it goes by too quickly. In a way it seems that years fly by that fast too! Hard to believe it's 2013. I feel like an old fogey saying this but it's true - time flies!

However, with the start of a new year I was reminded of this truth: God's mercies are new everyday, not just with a new year. Often we look to a new year as a new beginning, a new chance. We make resolutions to improve, or change things about ourselves. But God doesn't make us wait to do those things or to help us. He offers us new mercies each morning. What a gift!